1A Maskil[1] of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. (王上4:31; 代上2:6; 诗88:11; 诗89:5; 诗89:8; 诗89:14; 诗89:24; 诗89:28; 诗89:33; 诗89:49; 诗101:1; 诗119:90; 赛55:3)2For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.” (诗36:5; 诗89:1)3You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: (撒下7:8; 王上8:16; 代上17:7; 诗89:19; 诗89:28; 诗89:34; 诗89:35; 诗89:39; 诗89:49; 诗132:11; 赛42:1; 耶33:17)4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” (诗89:29; 诗89:36; 赛9:7; 路1:32; 约12:34)5Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! (伯1:6; 伯5:1; 伯15:15; 诗19:1; 诗50:6; 诗88:12; 诗89:7; 诗97:6; 启7:10)6For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings[2] is like the Lord, (诗86:8; 诗89:8)7a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him? (诗47:2; 诗89:5; 诗103:20)8O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O Lord, with your faithfulness all around you? (撒上2:2; 诗35:10; 诗68:4)9You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them. (伯38:11; 诗65:7)10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. (出14:30; 伯9:13; 诗53:5)11The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them. (创1:1; 代上29:11; 诗24:1; 诗104:5)12The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name. (申3:9; 伯26:7; 诗98:8; 耶46:18)13You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. (诗85:13; 诗89:2; 诗97:2)15Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face, (诗4:6; 诗66:1)16who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted. (伯36:7; 诗20:5; 诗20:7)17For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted. (诗75:10; 诗78:61; 诗89:24)18For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel. (诗47:9; 诗71:22)19Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one,[3] and said: “I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. (撒下17:10; 诗21:5; 诗89:3)20I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him, (撒上16:13; 徒13:22)21so that my hand shall be established with him; my arm also shall strengthen him. (诗80:17)22The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him. (撒下7:10)23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him. (撒下7:9; 诗2:9)24My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted. (诗89:1; 诗89:17)25I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. (诗72:8)26He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’ (撒下7:14; 诗18:2)27And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. (出4:22; 民24:7; 羅8:29; 西1:15; 西1:18; 來1:5; 启19:16)28My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm[4] for him. (诗89:3)29I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens. (伯14:12; 诗89:4)30If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,[5] (撒下7:14; 王上2:4)31if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,32then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes, (伯9:34)33but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.34I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips. (诗89:28)35Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David. (诗60:6; 來6:18)36His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me. (诗72:5; 诗89:4; 诗89:29)37Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies.” (伯16:19; 诗89:36)38But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed. (诗44:9; 诗89:20; 诗89:51)39You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust. (伯19:9; 诗74:7; 诗89:3; 哀2:7)40You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins. (诗80:12)41All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors. (诗44:13; 诗69:9; 诗69:19; 诗89:40; 诗89:50)42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.43You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not made him stand in battle.44You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground.45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. (诗71:13; 诗102:23; 诗109:29)46How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? (诗13:1; 诗78:63; 诗79:5)47Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man! (伯7:7; 伯10:9; 伯14:1; 诗39:5)48What man can live and never see death? Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? (诗16:10; 诗49:9; 路2:26; 來11:5)49Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David? (诗89:1)50Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults[6] of all the many nations, (诗74:18; 诗74:22; 诗79:12; 诗89:41)51with which your enemies mock, O Lord, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed. (诗17:11; 诗56:6; 诗89:20; 诗89:38)52Blessed be the Lord forever! Amen and Amen. (诗41:13)